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<p>The French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss once described a village as deserted” when all the adult males had vanished. While his statement is from the first half of the twentieth century, it nonetheless illustrates an oversight that has persisted during most of the intervening decades.</p> <p>Now Southwestern archaeologists have begun to delve into the task of engendering” their sites. Using a close to the ground” approach, the contributors to this book seek to engender the prehistoric Southwest by examining evidence at the household level.</p> <p>Focusing on gendered activities in household contexts throughout the southwestern United States, this book represents groundbreaking work in this area. The contributors view households as a crucial link to past activities and behavior, and by engendering these households, we can gain a better understanding of their role in prehistoric society. Gender-structured household activities, in turn, can offer insight into broader-scale social and economic factors. The chapters offer a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to engendering households and examine topics such as the division of labor, gender relations, househo

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Author

Barbara J. Roth

Publisher

The University of Arizona Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780816528165

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Humanities